Qakbot Malware: Exploring Its Diverse Distribution Methods

This report analyzes active Qakbot campaigns that deliver a modular banking trojan via malspam using OneNote attachments and archived script files (.wsf, .jse, .hta), describing multi-stage chains (BAT/PowerShell/WScript/msthta → DLL payload executed with rundll32), process injection and credential-theft capabilities, and providing IoCs (file hashes and download URLs), MITRE ATT&CK mappings, process diagrams, and defensive recommendations.